Here we've displayed a list of the best Cold War films : Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964), The Fog of War(2003), Fail-Safe(1964), The Imitation Game(2014), The Manchurian Candidate(1962), Seven Days in May(1964), The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951), The Spy Who Came in From the Cold(1966), Cold War(2018), Lord of War(2005), Bridge of Spies(2015), Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey(1994) ... ...
Comedy
UK|USA
1964
93 Minutes
Peter Sellers George C. Scott Keenan Wynn Slim Pickens Peter Bull Tracy Reed James Earl Jones Jack Creley Frank Berry Glenn Beck Shane Rimmer
military officer russian general president pilot scientist witty creative airplane white house washington, d.c. diplomacy politics suicide communism nuclear attack cold war pursuit fall 1950s
An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Documentary
USA
2003
105 Minutes
secretary of defense president viet cong soldiers gen. william westmoreland vietnam vet chilling patriotic somber emotional vietnam washington, d.c. pentagon military base vietnam war politics communism government controversy war
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
111 Minutes
Henry Fonda Walter Matthau Dan O'Herlihy Sorrell Booke Larry Hagman Frank Overton Dom DeLuise
president pilot soldier soviet soldier chairman suspenseful bleak dark gripping moscow new york city washington, d.c. airplane cold war destruction technology military nuclear attack pursuit sacrifice
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2014
113 Minutes
Benedict Cumberbatch Keira Knightley Matthew Goode Rory Kinnear Allen Leech Matthew Beard Charles Dance Mark Strong Alex Lawther
scientist mathematician gay man military official government official emotional powerful moving united kingdom laboratory government building london apartment computers world war ii espionage homosexuality homophobia blackmail forbidden love
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1962
126 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Laurence Harvey Janet Leigh Angela Lansbury Henry Silva James Gregory Leslie Parrish John McGiver Khigh Dhiegh James Edwards Douglas Henderson
war hero politician soldier spy communist tense intricate china washington, d.c. rally costume party brainwashing communism cold war political campaign assassination conspiracy transformation rise revenge
A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas Fredric March Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Martin Balsam George Macready Whit Bissell Hugh Marlowe
president military officer assistant mistress tense intricate suspenseful washington, d.c. white house office army base texas politics deception political coup cold war discovery rivalry pursuit 1960s
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Michael Rennie Patricia Neal Hugh Marlowe Sam Jaffe Billy Gray Frances Bavier Lock Martin Frank Conroy Carleton Young Fay Roope Edith Evanson
alien robot scientist single mother son powerful inspiring engaging washington, d.c. earth cold war aliens morality discovery sacrifice 1950s
An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1966
112 Minutes
Richard Burton Claire Bloom Oskar Werner Peter Van Eyck George Voskovec Sam Wanamaker Cyril Cusack Michael Hordern Bernard Lee
spy drunk intelligence officer interrogator jew communist bleak brooding gritty suspenseful tense london east berlin courtroom betrayal espionage cold war drinking sacrifice underdog
Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
Romance, Drama, History
Poland|UK|France|Belgium
2018
88 Minutes
Joanna Kulig Tomasz Kot Borys Szyc Agata Kulesza Adam Woronowicz Cédric Kahn Jeanne Balibar Adam Ferency
musician director sultry brooding cool passionate poland yugoslavia france paris prison camp music hall music romance cold war fall love rescue sacrifice 1960s
In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.
Action, Drama
France|Germany|USA
2005
122 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Jared Leto Bridget Moynahan Ian Holm Ethan Hawke Eamonn Walker Sammi Rotibi Jared Burke
arms dealer model brother federal agent dictator general brash disturbing outlandish queens, n.y. africa airplane airstrip ukraine beirut, lebanon smuggling political unrest cold war corruption moral dilemma
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|Germany|India
2015
141 Minutes
Tom Hanks Mark Rylance Alan Alda Amy Ryan Eve Hewson Peter McRobbie Billy Magnussen Austin Stowell Domenick Lombardozzi Michael Gaston Sebastian Koch
pilot spy lawyer cia agent airy brooding dark somber soviet union prison berlin cold war soviet union espionage prisoners of war escape quest rescue 20th century
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Documentary
USA|UK
1994
83 Minutes
Clara Rockmore Robert Moog Nicolas Slonimsky Paul Shure Henry Solomonoff Suki Bader Lydia Kavina Brian Wilson Todd Rundgren Dr. Samuel Hoffman Ingrid Bergman
inventor musician scientist brian wilson performer fascinating creative quirky shocking new york city russia music the theremin cold war inventions kidnapping discovery quest 1990s
A documentary about the inventor of the first electronic synthesiser instrument and his subsequent life after he was abducted by the KGB as well as a history of his instrument.
Documentary
Germany
2012
90 Minutes
David Nathan Anneke Schwabe
teen boy skater confident creative berlin west germany defiance sports growing up discovery transformation cold war
This Ain't California is a celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary documentary trip into the world of roller boarding in the German Democratic Republic. A coming-of-age tale of ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK|USA
1965
102 Minutes
Richard Widmark Sidney Poitier Martin Balsam James MacArthur Wally Cox Eric Portman Michael Kane Phil Brown Gary Cockrell Brian Davies Warren Stanhope
reporter naval officer medical officer commodore seaman captain tense chilling gripping arctic ocean ship infirmary naval warfare nuclear attack obsession journalism communism military life rivalry pursuit
An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
Action
UK
1963
118 Minutes
Sean Connery Daniela Bianchi Robert Shaw Lotte Lenya Pedro Armendáriz Bernard Lee Lois Maxwell Walter Gotell
james bond spy russian pretty woman assassin criminal cheeky thrilling spectacular london russia istanbul train suite settlement espionage cold war crime romance spying
James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Documentary, Music
USA
2017
61 Minutes
Metallica Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Scorpions
rocker activist political activist musician engaging fascinating soviet union cold war rock 'n' roll iron curtain soviet union social change documentaries discovery underdog 20th century
FREE TO ROCK is a 60 minute documentary film directed by 4 time Emmy winning filmmaker Jim Brown and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. Ten years in the making, the film explores the soft power... See full summary »
Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA|UK
2015
116 Minutes
Henry Cavill Armie Hammer Alicia Vikander Elizabeth Debicki Luca Calvani Sylvester Groth Hugh Grant Jared Harris Christian Berkel Misha Kuznetsov Guy Williams
cia agent kgb agent daughter scientist villain president charming confident cool washington, d.c. moscow office street car apartment spying nuclear attack crime cold war danger
In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.
Drama
Australia
2001
160 Minutes
Heino Ferch Nicolette Krebitz Sebastian Koch Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Michelsen Felix Eitner Mehmet Kurtulus Heinrich Schmieder Uwe Kockisch Sarah Kubel Rainer Sellien
swimmer friend sister police officer little boy young woman tense frightening touching inspiring east berlin tunnel park family home west berlin cold war escaping communism separation berlin wall engineering
It's 1922; somewhere in Australia. When a Native Australian man is accused of murdering a white woman, three white men (The Fanatic, The Follower and The Veteran) are given the mission of ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
104 Minutes
Walter Matthau Glenda Jackson Sam Waterston Ned Beatty Herbert Lom David Matthau George Baker Ivor Roberts Lucy Saroyan Severn Darden George Pravda
cia agent kgb agent rescue worker mentee publisher playful amusing munich georgia bermuda london airport vacation home espionage cold war government secrets retirement manhunt memoir revenge
Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1981
100 Minutes
Kurt Russell Ernest Borgnine Adrienne Barbeau Lee Van Cleef Donald Pleasence Isaac Hayes Season Hubley Harry Dean Stanton Tom Atkins Charles Cyphers
mercenary president prisoners bleak thrilling new york city prison cold war terrorism hostages rescue nuclear safety rescue escape 20th century
In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
Sci-Fi
USA
1969
100 Minutes
Eric Braeden Susan Clark Gordon Pinsent William Schallert Leonid Rostoff Georg Stanford Brown Willard Sage Alex Rodine Martin Brooks Marion Ross Dolph Sweet
scientist president computer russian politician tense bleak rocky mountains laboratory russia technology missiles man vs. machine cold war artificial intelligence nuclear attack discovery 1960s
Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France|Germany
2011
127 Minutes
Gary Oldman Kathy Burke Benedict Cumberbatch David Dencik Colin Firth Stephen Graham Tom Hardy Ciarán Hinds John Hurt Toby Jones Konstantin Khabensky
spy agent chief researcher deputy mole brooding intricate tense london istanbul budapest, hungary safe house office government building espionage infidelity cold war investigation homosexuality
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
Comedy
USA
1966
126 Minutes
Carl Reiner Eva Marie Saint Alan Arkin Brian Keith Jonathan Winters Theodore Bikel Paul Ford Tessie O'Shea John Phillip Law Andrea Dromm Ben Blue
lieutenant police chief writer commander soviet soldier quirky madcap amusing witty new england beach house beach submarine island small town culture clash cold war communism hostages politics
Without hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.
Documentary
USA
1988
120 Minutes
instructor trainee soldier officer chilling intricate solemn air force base california training camp baseball field nuclear weapons air force military life cold war training responsibility rivalry transformation 1980s
Follows the 4315th Training Squadron of the Strategic Air Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where Air Force officers are trained to man the Launch Control Centers for the ... See full summary »
Drama, War
USA
1959
97 Minutes
Gregory Peck Harry Guardino Rip Torn George Peppard Carl Benton Reid James Edwards Bob Steele Woody Strode George Shibata Norman Fell Robert Blake
lieutenant soldier general enemy bleak raw thrilling patriotic south korea pork chop hill trenches bunker house korean war brotherhood politics negotiation historical events dangerous assignment escape
During the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.
Drama
USA
1968
157 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Laurence Olivier Oskar Werner David Janssen Vittorio De Sica Leo McKern John Gielgud Barbara Jefford Rosemarie Dexter Frank Finlay Burt Kwouk
priest pope premier prisoner cardinal archbishop profound inspiring suspenseful emotional russia rome vatican labor camp peace talks airplane cold war roman catholicism doubt compassion
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2007
102 Minutes
Tom Hanks Julia Roberts Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams Ned Beatty Emily Blunt Om Puri Ken Stott John Slattery Denis O'Hare Judy Tylor
charlie wilson socialite cia agent military officer powerful amusing hedonistic texas afghanistan cold war scandal military historical events terrorism quest 1980s
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2014
114 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Peter Sarsgaard Liev Schreiber Michael Stuhlbarg Lily Rabe Robin Weigert Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Aiden Lovekamp Conrad Pla Evelyne Brochu Sophie Nélisse
chess player prodigy young man chess grandmaster russian government official brooding gripping gutsy intense tense emotional united states russia beach auditorium chess tournament bulgaria chess competition
Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.
Comedy
USA
1993
99 Minutes
John Goodman Cathy Moriarty Simon Fenton Omri Katz Lisa Jakub Kellie Martin Jesse Lee Soffer Lucinda Jenney James Villemaire Robert Picardo Jesse White
producer actress girlfriend son friend daughter charming campy lighthearted amusing key west, fla. military base movie theater high school cuban missile crisis b-movies cold war paranoia filmmaking family
A small-time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Drama
USA
1952
97 Minutes
courier spy femme fatale double agent thrilling suspenseful austria train train station apartment hotel love cold war europe espionage secret plans murder love underdog mystery
Cold War yarn about a US State Department courier who tangles with Soviet agents and seductive women in post WW2 Europe.